Richard-Wagner-Platz (Leipzig)
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_01.JPG) Richard-Wagner-Platz with the new construction of the tin can as part of the Höfe am Brühl (2014) |
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| place | Leipzig |
| Created | 19th century |
| Newly designed | 2013 |
| Hist. Names | Theater square |
| Confluent streets | Brühl , Hainstrasse , Grosse Fleischergasse, Richard-Wagner-Strasse |
| Buildings | Large mountain of flowers , tin can |
| use | |
| User groups | Pedestrians, cyclists |
| Space design | Trees, fountains, skater park |
| Technical specifications | |
| Square area | 7,200 m² |
The Richard-Wagner-Platz (until 1913 Theater Square ) is a place in Leipzig in the northwest of the city center. The square is named after the composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883), whose house where he was born was nearby.
Location and layout
The irregularly shaped, around 7,200 m² square is bordered to the north by the Tröndlinring and a short distance to the west by the Goerdelerring. On the long south-west side, the classical building Großer Blumenberg stands next to a park in which the Samuel Hahnemann monument is erected. The Brühl , Hainstrasse and Große Fleischergasse all flow into the southeast corner . The tin box forms the eastern border , it is the western end of the Höfe am Brühl . Richard-Wagner-Strasse flows north of the building, but here it is only a pedestrian and bike path.
In the north-western part of the Richard-Wagner-Platz covered by granite pavement there are 59 young winter linden trees in a square grid six meters wide , in the middle of which there is a fountain. Some of the linden trees are surrounded by ring-shaped benches. A small skate park is located southeast of the Linden . The three art fountains designed by Harry Müller , which stood on the former Sachsenplatz until 1999 and are called "dandelions" by the people of Leipzig, were set up on the open area of the square .
history
In the 10th century, the Slavic market of the Lipsk settlement, from which the city of Leipzig developed, was located on Richard-Wagner-Platz . The place was at the intersection of of Merseburg coming and on to Meissen leading Via Regia with the running in a north-south direction Via Imperii , both old imperial roads . With the fortification of the city, the Ranstädter Tor with the Ranstädter Bastei in front was built around 1550 as the west exit and passage of the Via Regia . Today's market square was used as the town's market , and the gate square was called Am Ranstädter Thore .
After the city wall was torn down, the Reithaus was built on the foundations of the Ranstädter Bastei in 1718 and the Old Theater in 1766 . When the buildings of the Ranstädter Tor were also put down in 1822, the two houses now stood on the newly created larger square, which roughly corresponded to today's Richard-Wagner-Platz. In 1839 it was named Theaterplatz . Over the range of former fortifications was south towards Matthew churchyard the Töpferstraße created, which was abandoned in the 1980s.
When the horse-drawn railway line - later tram - from Brühl to Lindenau went into operation on April 1, 1882 , it led across Theaterplatz. This section of the line was closed on July 20, 1964.
On May 22nd, 1913, the 100th birthday of the composer and conductor Richard Wagner, who was born in the house of Roter und Weißer Löwe (Brühl 3), the Theaterplatz was renamed Richard-Wagner-Platz . Wagner's birthplace was near the corner of Brühl and Theaterplatz. It was demolished in 1886 and the subsequent building in 1907 for the construction of the Brühl department store , which later became the tin box , was removed.
On the night of December 3rd to 4th, 1943, the Brühl department store and the old theater were destroyed during the largest air raid on Leipzig during World War II. The demolition of the ruins of the theater increased the free area of the square, which was lost again in 1964 when the traffic area on Tröndlinring was widened. At the same time, the road connection from Richard-Wagner-Platz to Fleischerplatz (today Goerdelerring ) was cut.
In 1973 a 78 m long pedestrian bridge with central exits to the tram stop was built over the Tröndlinring from Richard-Wagner-Platz to the Ring-Messehaus , which the people of Leipzig called the Blue Wonder because of its color . Another part of the bridge over today's Goerdelerring was added in 1977. The bridge was demolished in 2004.
From April 2012 to May 2013, Richard-Wagner-Platz, now used as a car park, was redesigned in the manner described above at a cost of 2.6 million euros. It was presented to the public on the eve of Wagner's 200th birthday. On the same occasion, about 150 meters southwest of Richard-Wagner-Platz in the green area on Goerdelerring, the Richard Wagner monument in Leipzig was unveiled.
Since the square was often the location of meetings of the Leipzig PEGIDA offshoot LEGIDA in the following years , opposing interest groups initiated a petition at the end of 2015 to rename the square to “Refugees-Welcome-Platz”. However, this initiative was not implemented.
literature
- Gina Klank, Gernoth Griebsch: Lexicon of Leipzig street names . Ed .: City Archives Leipzig. 1st edition. Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 177/178 .
- Brigitte Ellen Werner: Richard-Wagner-Platz . In: Altstadt Leipzig: Gassen Straßen Sagen , epubli 2013, ISBN 978-3844266368 , p. 71
Web links
- Richard-Wagner-Platz. In: Leipzig Lexicon. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
- Richard-Wagner-Platz becomes an attractive entrance to the city center. In: Website of the city of Leipzig. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard-Wagner-Platz. In: Directory of Leipzig street names with explanations. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Goerdelerring. In: Leipzig Lexicon. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Leipzig's Greens support the “Refugees-Welcome-Platz” initiative. In: LVZ from October 29, 2015. Accessed June 30, 2019 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 20 ′ 36 ″ N , 12 ° 22 ′ 20 ″ E